Maybe getting in a drinking contest with Sunset had not been the best idea in the world. But at least it had been a worse idea for her.
I at least had the resilience of an Alicorn/earth pony. Still, she kept up well enough and I felt all kinds of so much not very up for this today.
Besides, early morning.
Sipping my cup of quadruple strength tea with enough sugar that if it cooled down, it would likely be some kind of desert you ate with a spoon, I pushed the door open and shambled into Celestias room.
“Good morning, Page!”
I hate morning ponies.
Grumbling something approaching a greeting, I sat down on the chair across her desk from her, “…What did you want?”
Celestia shifted her wings and smiled cheerfully at me from across the desk before lifting a maid uniform from behind it in her magic, holding it into the air.
I just stared at it for a long moment and swallowed.
“…You’re kidding,” I finally managed to say.
She held her expression for a couple of more seconds before she started to laugh as she nodded, “Had you for a second there!”
“I blame not getting to sleep,” I answered and sipped my ‘tea’.
“Still, could be fun having you fluff my pillow.”
“I’m sure those pillow could use a good smacking,” I countered as I finally started to feel a bit awake, “But don’t you have a pony for that already?”
“Oh, I have had more than one maid before,” she said before her smile fell a bit, “…She couldn’t come last week. Something came up for her.”
I frowned and nodded, “Oh. That sucks.”
Celestia sighed and nodded, “Clear Skies has her own life, I have no right to monopolize her… but we have scheduled next week.”
“Sounds nice.”
“Mmm,” she agreed and sipped her own much more liquid tea, “Awake now?”
I nodded, “Being around you never do fail to get me up,” I said with a smile. She actually blushed slightly! Barely visible, but it was there!
Score!
Okay, she is by far in the lead, but still.
It was the long game that counted.
“So… did you wake me up at this horrible hour just to mess with me or do you have an actual point to it, Sunshine?” I asked as I took another bite out of my tea.
Celestia put her cup down and nodded, “I do. I need to ask a favour of you.”
“Not using the bet?”
“That would be folded into the favour if you are willing to do it,” she said, “But it’s too big just for a bet. I need somepony to go visit the griffons.”
I just kind of blinked at her, “Griffons? Do you remember what happened last time I met a griffon? As I recall it, there were almost fighting involved.”
“Which they would have respected,” Celestia said, “But I need somepony to deliver this message that can understand griffons.”
“…Message?”
Celestia nodded, “A treaty for a permanent trade route between our nations, ships paid for by both our nations, crewed by mixed crews to move cargo back and forth over the ocean.”
“The ocean filled with sea monsters?”
She smiled a bit, “While there are sea monsters in the ocean, they are not anywhere near as common as some think. Not anymore at least… and most avoid ships.”
“And you think it’s a good idea to send me?” I asked with a sigh, “…Celestia, you know I’m not good at the entire politics thing.”
She stretched her wings before folding them again, “You seem to handle yourself well enough, Page,” she said before she smiled, “Besides, I need somepony that would understand them. While I’m sure asking Twilight and she would do a good job and, I wanted to ask you.”
“Because of what I was?”
Celestia moved out from around her desk, “Only partly, Page,” she explained, “But not because of what or who you were, but because who you are. And because I think that you can do it.”
I took a drink from my cooling tea before I looked up at her, “You really think I can do it?”
She nodded, “I do. If I didn’t, I would never have asked.”
“Okay. I don’t really have a choice, do I?”
“Well, there is always the maid uniform.”
I snorted and shook my head with a grin, “Tempting. Okay, fine. How long do you think it’ll take?”
“Perhaps a month.”
I tried not to cringe at that. But it did sound rather reasonable to be honest. A week there on airship, deliver the message and answer questions, give them time to talk things over and then a week back while allowing things to continue on normal diplomatic channels.
It just kind of sucked to be away from Luna for that long.
“When do I leave?”
“The airship won’t be ready for a few days, but as soon as you wish after that. You may want to give your legion a few days extra to get preparations ready.”
Nodding, I got off the chair and headed towards the door but not before giving her a half hug with one wing, “I’ll better go and start to prepare then.”
“I’ll send somepony with the documents you’ll need to read through, now get some rest Page.”
This would be interesting.
Hmmm....wonder what will happen when he is gone? An invasion perhaps?
Now I'm starting to wish that Page had Won that game instead of Celestia winning it, I can think of other outfits that Page could have had made for Celestia to wear, maybe some kind of latex/rubber bondage suit that she would have to wear for a week during Day Court.
Page going on an 'adventure' overseas? Given the way this story is, someone break out the pirate music and ready the grog.
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sea shanties my friend lodas off them!
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Probably MLP: Movie events... 😏
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For the voyage is long and the winds don't blow
And it's time for us to leave her.
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Perhaps. Then we have Page and the Legion vs the Storm King’s Horde.
I feel cheated in all of this, I wanted see Page in a maid uniform
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For the Horde!
...Oh, wait, wrong universe.
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I always wished for Page to win it. But as I posted before, it's my dumb luck to keep picking stories where the underdog never wins these types of battles.
I am interested in seeing how he handles the Griffons.
Unless this is just the first step to making Page the official Equestrian representative between the Ponies and the Griffons things could be worse!
Oh... so at least she's easing him in before the main "favor" to cash in her bet.
At least she's considerate.
If you say so, Hive Speaker... if you say so...
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The story is still young (not to mention the near certainty of more sequels), there is still time for that to happen.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVQwzv5Qfc yupp love it
It'd be kinda funny if Page met the griffin he got into a fight with last time, braced himself expecting the worst, but then it turns out that actually earned him a lot of respect with the griffin.
I hope Page takes Sunset along.
Also... this line is one of the best things I’ve read.
soooooooooo... celestia looses. a day as a maid... page looses. a month on a boat.. yeeeah. fair.
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But how would ponies react to her doing that kind of thing? And then they'll learn it was the result of a bet. Which their immortal wise ruler lost. That would cause problems.
personally I have never left a story before, but now? this story has lost it's charm for me. so I guess this is goodbye
Was wondering when Celestia would foist him upon the Gryphons...
How the hell do you make a boring alicorn story?
Guy is incapable of anything... okay.
He's got a magic butt tattoo of a scroll and he's a writer so I had some hope for him to come up with spellwriting.
Or some different way of doing it with his monkey-brain. (is there a reason for Human tag in the description?) Makes sense right?
Nah that's too much fun we can have non of that.
Illusions are actually working pretty great for him, right? How about some weird acid shit with mirrors kaleidoscopes and Xenomorphs running around?
No, can't have that.
Sparkls broke things with her earth strength after growing wings. Describing something like that or about his new physiology would be nice right?
Nah too much fun.
Sunbut is gonna come up with some weird punishment after him losing a bet! That's gonna be interesting and weird!
Nope, none of that.
Boring diplomatic mission instead. On which he can bitch about being bored and miserable for the next ten chapters.
Yeah imout.
There was a Mass Effect crossover with ponification somewhere around here.
Toodles
Also, he'd look better in a butler outfit
There is solid tea
Griffon food ~♡ It will be absolutly brilliant
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He said he had enough sugar in his you could eat it with a spoon if it cooled so...Yeah.
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Some are
Blank Page comes 20 kilo heavier back... The meat selection was to good...
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Still not as heavy as Princess Celestia
But at least he gets to eat meat like Luffy
Griffinstone--We have THE MEATS.
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